Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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Department of Justice launched a new website to provide citizens a one stop platform for all digital initiatives of the Department.
The new website is launched on S3WaaS platform (Secure, Scalable and Sugamya Website as a Service). All information related to eCourts Mission Mode Project, Appointment of Judges, Fast Track Special Courts, Nyaya Bandhu, Gram Nyayalaya, DISHA scheme, Tele Law is made available in the website.

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The Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change issued an order, exempting SDN1 and SDN2 genome edited plants from Rules 7-11 of the Environment Protect Act (EPA) for manufacture, use or import or export and storage of hazardous microorganisms or genetically engineered organisms or cells rules-1989.
The exemptions from the rules applicable on genetically modified or GM crops is expected to give a big boost to further research and development of genome-edited crops.

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A recent report prepared by environmental platform Climate Trends has pointed out that India has the lowest rate of insurance penetration across Asia
The Indian insurance companies were among the worst performers scoring below 10 per cent for the quality of their disclosures. Indian insurance companies failed to pay close to three-fourths of the claimed amount for Cyclone Amphan, which hit the West Bengal during May 2021.

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Arunachal Pradesh signed a pact with WWF India to develop the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (SBSAP).
The SBSAP will be aligned with the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and Pakke Declaration. The state cabinet adopted the ‘Pakke Tiger Reserve 2047 Declaration on Climate Change Resilient and Responsive Arunachal Pradesh’, last year.

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy digitally inaugurated 13 new districts in the state, taking the total number to 26.
All the new districts have come into effect from April 4. The state government issued the official gazette notification for creating 13 new districts under the AP Districts Formation Act, Section 3(5).

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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced that India’s merchandise exports rose to a record high of USD 418 billion in the 2021-22 fiscal.
The rise is due to the higher shipments of petroleum products, engineering goods, gems and jewellery and chemicals. India’s goods trade (exports and imports) crossed USD 1 trillion during 2021-22. India’s imports also touched an all-time high of USD 610 billion.

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced that a plan is being developed to rehabilitate those people who migrated to neighbouring states during the Salwa Judum movement around 15 years ago.
Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxal operation powered by vigilante groups, was kicked off in 2005-06 in Bastar. It forced several tribals to flee and settle in neighbouring states.

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The Blue Nile, a subsidiary of the Nile River originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and travels through Ethiopia and Sudan.
A shipwreck on the Blue Nile River happened in Sudan’s Sennar province has killed 23 people, all of them female. The Blue Nile is an important transport route for people and goods in the African nations.

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‘Wagner Group’, is a private military company of Russia. As per British military intelligence, 1,000 mercenaries from the ‘Wagner Group’ are being deployed to eastern Ukraine.
The group has been active over the past eight years in Ukraine, Syria and African countries. It has repeatedly been accused of war crimes and human rights abuses. The Wagner Group first went into operation during Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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The Haryana Vidhan Sabha has passed a resolution seeking completion of the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal (SYL) Canal.
There has been a long-pending dispute of sharing of river waters between Haryana and Punjab. To counter the resolution passed by Punjab Vidhan Sabha staking a claim on Chandigarh, Haryana Assembly unanimously passed a resolution. It demanded that the central government should not take any steps that would disturb the existing balance between the two states.